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` STATES .PATENT WILLIAM II. DEWAIigo'r- PHILADELPHIA, IENNSYLVANIA,AssIeNon To nNaLomEnIcAN CABINET co., or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, aCORPORATION or wasn- INeToN Specification of Letters Patent.

IPBQN'OGRAPH-DISK-RECUBD CABINET.

Patented sept. 1o, yuna.

Application led December 20,'1911. Serial No. 667,048.

and. State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vhonograplb Disk- Record Cabinets, ot which thefollowing is a specification.

phonograph disk records and Vspecifif's'ally to improvements in therecord e acting devices- S. PatentNo., 980,124, issued December'l27,11910; andthe objectwof the invention is to Simplify and, perfect theconstruction of such record eject? illustrated and described in ingdevices in various particulars andffrender it more4 convenient tooperate.v v

To these ends, the invention consists in the novel:constructionand/combination of parts, as will be hereinafter describedand claimed.`

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsection ofa record y cabinet provided with an embodimeneef myinvention.' Fig. 2 4front elevation of a traveler'and devices,associated therewith which are shown in Fig. 1., Fig. v3 is a` detailsectional view talieigi', through 3-3 of Y Ihre features of the cabinetillustrated :n ml described in the above named patent, re'- quiringexplanation for a clear understandmg of the present invent-ion, may bebriefly described as'follows: A case 5 `1s Provided with u ppel andlower grooved shelves 6 and 7 for'sup'po ng two rows-of record disksv R-from is mounted for lateral movement upon a horizontal bar 10 havingits ends supportand Rl( in ght positionsand in spaced relationsupoitleizespective shelves. A traveler comprising ali-upright post 8provided with a rigid bracke extending' rearwardly there- 'ed by the`side'walls of the case. Saidhar is provided with a series of notches 10which are arranged to be in the vertical planes in which said recordsare dis osedy upon the shelves., A spring pressed. Eolt I1 operable by afinger actuated bell crank- 12, as clearly show-n in Fig. 3, is em loyedin the traveler to engage with a notc of the bar securing the traveler'`at a predetermined position to present the slots 13 and 13';` providedin the' post `8` to in alinement with selected records R'aiid R. ably atan -elyevatlon slightly t shelf.

The abar 10 is desirbelow that of the shelf 6 and supports the 'againsttilting rby" suitable devices, f as by means of a hook-shaped attachment15" at or near" the top of the post embracing a This invention relatesto cabinets for transverse guide rail 16, `as shown .in Fig. 1.

-The aforedescribed elements are {substantially similar, both inconstruction and: operation, to the corresponding part-s of the cabi-'net described "in the referredy topatent. In the present invention,however, the `record ejecting appliances are materially different andmay be manipulated through the a ency of a single element to cause arecordeing dislodged from eitherlthe` upper cry-@lower Positioned at oneside of theV traveler post 8 is a lever 17 which is connected lbyv twospaced rods 18 and 18 with the arms 19'and y 19"of two oppsitelydirected leversA A and B disposed abovel and below the bracket 9 and tothe rear of Vthe records when they are in place upon the shelves. Thelast named levers are fulcrumed to pins 20 and 20 protruding from aplate 21rigidly secured-to said bracket. Flangesf21t*` and 212 areprovided at the vtop and bottom edges of the plate and aref respectivelyslotted, as at 22 and 22 to permit of limited' swinging movements' tothe free arms 192 and 19a-of the le- -That lis to say, said springactsnto normallyv hold theseleversso thaty the arms 192 and 193 thereofwill be against the rear ends of lthe slots 22 and 22fand when in suchpositions the respectivefeet are disposedv to be clear of the rear edgesof the records to per-` mit of an unobstructed traverse movement of thetraveler when it is desired to shift th latter into a changed position.l

Intermediate the connecting rods 18 and 18. a guard 25 is desirablyemployed to keepthe lever 17 adjacent to the. post 8. The lever 17extends upwardly into convenient reach of the operator and is providedwith a finger grasping knob Q6 near its upper end.v lVhen a record istol-be ejected from the upper row through the'instrumentality of thelever Avkickingtherecord forwardly the operation is as follows: Thelever 17 is swung -backwardly by the handle or knob 26 into Vbackwardswing ot this lever causes the connecting rod 18 to swing the lever Ainto its 4dotted-line position Y and whereby a record is impelled fromthe shelf 6 through' the.

traveler slot 13. 'When a record is to be ejected from the lower shelfthe lever 17 is vswung forwardly, whereupon theconnection'of the leverwith the rod 18`acts as the fulcrum therefor, and the other rod 18' isswung rearwardly 4to swing the arm 193 of lever B in a contrarydirection to eti'ect the ejection of the desired record. The levers Aand B serve` the same oiiices in which they were employed in tliereerredto patent, but in this instance they are operated by'a member Awhich.acts interchangeably as le-' vers of the firstand second class, socalled, to

the levers A or B.l

What I claim, is-" j 1i In a record cabinet, a traveler, a pair .ofrecord ejecting devices arranged on the traveier, a controlling leveroperatively connected with said devices-whereby either of theeifect'tlie independent operation of either of devices may be' actuatedindependently of ,the other.

' A'2. In' ai'record with the traveler'and two record ejecting leversarranged one "above the other andl cabinet, the combinationl guided toswing in substantially vertical planes, of a means operatively connectedwith both-ot the ejecting levers but adapted so as to actuate but one ofthem at the same time. f y

3. In 'a record cabinet provided with receptacles for two superposedrowsof reeords, the combination with a *travelerprovided with slots forthe respective receptacles and arranged to be moved into positions topresent said slots opposite predetermined'positions of the receptacles,of devices for ej ecting records from such receptacles, and a leveroperatively connected with said devices whereby the latter may beselectively actuated to eject a` record from either row of receptaclesand through the corresponding slotsv of the traveler.

4. In a disk record cabinet, the combina, tion with a traveler, of tworecord ejecting levers, a controlling lever, rods connecting theejecting levers with said controlling lever whereby the latter may beemployed to individually actuate either of said ejecting levers.

5. In a disk cabinet provided with two superposed record supportingshelves, in combination with a traveler movable transversely in saidcabinet, of record ejecting devices carried by the traveler for eaclrofsaid shelves, a controlling `lever also carried by the traveler, andconnections between the lever and both of said ejecting devices wherebythe latter may be independently employed to eject a record from vtheupper or lower shelves selectively.

6. In a disk record cabinet, a traveler having a bracket, a platesecured to said bracket and provided with slots disposed above and belowthe bracket, levers pivotally connected by pins to saidplate and havingan arm of each lever extend through the respective slots, a spring foryieldingly retaining said lever arms at corresponding ends of saidslots, a controlling lever, operative connec-l tions between thecontrolling lever and the ejecting leversl whereby the controlling levermay be manipulated to actuate either of said ejectin levers while theother lever remains motion ess.

7. In' a record cabinet of the class described provided with two recordsupporting -shelves disposed one above the other, the

combination with the movable traveler, lof devices carried by saidtraveler and'adapted oruse i'n ejecting selected records from the upperor lower shelves, a lever, and connections between said lever and thedevices whereby either one of said devices may be .actuatedindependently of the other device.

,i Signed this 19th day of December 1911. WM. H. DEWAR.

l IVitnessesf IV. F. IVGNER,

W. S. Pinon. ,v

